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Research

The Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation (CESE)
was created in 2012 to improve the effectiveness, efficiency and
accountability of education in New South Wales. CESE is focused on
supporting decision-making in education delivery and development with
strong evidence. http://www.cese.nsw.gov.au/

It draws on the views of experts in all branches of education and specialists from other relevant disciplines; and inputs from the whole range of UNESCO’s programmes in education, science, culture and communication. It's interesting to see how the ideas, informing many of the current government reforms, were we already under way nearly two decades ago!

'What Works Best: Evidence-based practices to help improve NSW student performance'.The report brings together seven themes from the growing bank of evidence CESE has for what works to improve student educational outcomes.The seven themes addressed are:

To improve outcomes for all students involves changing teaching
practice. This literature review from AITSL, authored by Professor Rob
Gilbert October (2011) focuses on the key components of leading
curriculum change.

Cognitive load theory is a theory of how the human brain learns and
stores knowledge. It was recently described by British educationalist
Dylan Wiliam as 'the single most important thing for teachers to know'.